Ao Tanaka has been immense for Leeds United since coming into the starting line-up following injuries to Ethan Ampadu and Ilia Gruev, with the Japan star shining for The Whites. The 26-year-old has started and finished eight Championship games in a row for Leeds, operating as the defensive midfielder alongside Joe Rothwell. Tanaka has been incredible, dictating the tempo for Leeds. It is a slightly different role to the one Tanaka is used to. At Dusseldorf, Tanaka was scoring and creating goals but he was a more-advanced midfielder. Injuries have forced Tanaka to be the defensive lynchpin. Nev…